Staying in parking lots??
We are new to RV'ing and will be headed to CT at the end of May. While traveling to your destination, how common is it to pull over in a Walmart parking lot or truck stop to sleep instead of paying to...
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It helps to understand just where you are, and the parking lot culture. WalMarts that permit parking overnite usually police the activity. Parking lots for other businesses may become, after hours, the local drug market, and police will run you off or question why you are there.
Similarly with truck stops, some are better managed than others. Some even have RV parking areas away from the noise of running reefer engines and fuel pump traffic. But there is also a lot of drug and sex trade for the trucker market, RVs have a role in both businesses, and in the wrong place you could have customers coming to the door, or find yourself approached by the bosses seeking their cut. Much more of this traffic is connected with rest areas and "no facility" parking lots, but it does drift into places you might otherwise consider "safe."
Similarly with truck stops, some are better managed than others. Some even have RV parking areas away from the noise of running reefer engines and fuel pump traffic. But there is also a lot of drug and sex trade for the trucker market, RVs have a role in both businesses, and in the wrong place you could have customers coming to the door, or find yourself approached by the bosses seeking their cut. Much more of this traffic is connected with rest areas and "no facility" parking lots, but it does drift into places you might otherwise consider "safe."
